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Overheard in the writing center: "One of my teachers told me that the thesis is a promise to your reader, and you have to keep that promise."

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Please join us for our Game Night next Wednesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Writing Center, located on the 2nd floor of Mitchell Memorial Library. There will be games and pizza, and all are welcome. Spread the word!

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To end our celebration of Mississippi poets, we’d like to highlight Adam Clay!

Clay is the author of four collections of poetry, and you can check out more of his work in his latest volume, To Make Room for the Sea. Happy reading!

#NationalPoetryMonth

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For this tutor Tuesday we are featuring Craig Gentry! Make an appointment with him soon–he would love to help you with your writing!

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Next up in our National Poetry Month series is Aimee Nezhukumatathil!

You can check out some more of her work in Lace & Pyrite, a collaborative chapbook of epistolary garden poems.

#NationalPoetryMonth

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This Tutor Tuesday we are featuring Kris! He would love to help you with your writing today!

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It’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week, and we’d like to take this time to celebrate our grad students!

While it can be difficult balancing your assistantship and schoolwork, we hope you know that your contributions to the Writing Center are greatly appreciated!

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We feel better equipped to help our students not only with their writing but also with their mental health needs!

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The Mississippi State Writing Center would love to thank Kim Kavalsky for teaching our tutors about mental health & some great resources MSU offers their students and faculty. We had the opportunity to ask her some questions about the Counseling Center.

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This Tutor Tuesday we are featuring Lauren! She would love to help you with your writing today!

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It's National Poetry Month, and we’re highlighting Mississippi poets!

Next up is - Etheridge Knight!

You can read more of Knight’s work in his personally edited collections, Born of a Woman (1980) and The Essential Etheridge Knight (1986).

#NationalPoetryMonth #MSSTATE

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This weekend the MSU WC had the opportunity to attend the MS Writing Center Association Conference, called “Unplugged,” @ Delta State. We heard from Travis Webster, assist. prof. of writing & rhetoric at Virginia Tech. We were able to learn from many WCs from across Mississippi!

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This cloudy Tutor Tuesday we are featuring Maggie! She would love to help you with your writing today!

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It's National Poetry Month and we're highlighting Mississippi poets!

First up is MSU’s very own – Catherine Pierce!

You can check out some more of her amazing work in her most recent collection, DANGER DAYS, or on her website at https://t.co/ZUf26PTuCq

#NationalPoetryMonth

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Due to the weather, our fun Pencil Day Booth is postponed! Stay tuned for the new date and time!

Stay safe in the weather, writers! We still have online sessions today, and would still love to help you with your writing on this stormy Wednesday! Have a safe day, Bulldogs!

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This beautiful Tutor Tuesday we are featuring Ashley! She loves Shakespeare, Victorian British literature, nineteenth century Russian literature, medieval literature, and poetry, and would love to help you with your writing!

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You know, writing with a broken pencil is POINTLess. Luckily, we've got you covered. Come by the Writing Center at President's Circle this Wednesday, March 30. We will be handing out pencils as well as other Writing Center goodies at our booth for National Pencil Day!

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This stormy Tutor Tuesday we are featuring Toria!

Toria would love to help you with your writing, so make an appointment with her soon!

Stay safe!

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Welcome back to campus, Bulldogs! The Writing Center is open for our normal hours and we cannot wait to see you! Come by our booth today at Moseley Hall and chat! It's the home stretch towards the end of the semester. We know you can do it!

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, we here at the Writing Center are highlighting some of the women whose writing has shaped the last 100 years of literature.

The third author in our spotlight series is Sandra Cisneros!

#WomensHistoryMonth #AuthorSpotlight #MSSTATE

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The Writing Center is officially closed……for spring break! Regular operations for all of our locations will resume March 21st.

We hope everyone has a safe and fun spring break! (or a relaxing one if that’s what you need)

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